How Kaiser is Going Beyond Stage 7

Integrated delivery network Kaiser Permanente is often held up to other providers as a model for transforming care. Its historical role as both insurer and provider led to a value-based approach long before that approach became an industry buzzword, and its hospitals dominate the still short list of providers that have reached Stage 7 of the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model.

At HIMSS, two Kaiser clinical informatics experts will explore what happens after Stage 7. Ann O’Brien, director of clinical informatics, and Julie Vilardi, executive director of strategic projects and clinical informatics, will share the lessons they’ve learned about identifying a clinical need, finding a technological solution, implementing that solution, and assessing whether it’s made a difference.